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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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